Good Morning: The Rockets Avoided Kevin Durant’s Broomstick

Kevin Durant and the Thunder came up just short of the Houston Rockets, who decided to throw two to four players at KD at any given time.

Kevin Durant and the Thunder came up just short of the Houston Rockets, who decided to throw two to four players at KD at any given time. He did his best, scoring 38, but it wasn't enough to overcome the effort from role players like Chandler Parsons, who had 27 points and 10 boards, and Omer Asik, who had 17 and 14. The Rockets forced Game Five, winning 105-103 on a play that Serge Ibaka will remember for a while.

Authorities are investigating several new leads in the Boston Bombing case, including potential connections to other radicals, as well as looking into female DNA that was found on the bomb (though they noted that since these were household products, it is not necessarily an implication of guilt).

Anthony Weiner has gone from disgraced politician to skilled capitalist during his two years after leaving office, as he began almost immediately providing helpful consulting for businesses attempting to navigate government red tape.

A second female soldier has pled guilty to desertion after fleeing the US for Canada to avoid a second term in Iraq.

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There are 166 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, though just three have been convicted of a crime. One hundred prisoners are now on a hunger strike and some are being forced food via nasal tubes. I'd give you some American news coverage of it, but there isn't any.